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March 19th, 2007
Dallas Health Care Leader Joins HHS Board
PLANO, TX – (Mar. 19, 2007) Home Health Services of Texas, Inc., a leading Texas nonprofit home health care agency, today announced that Patricia Driscoll has joined its board of directors. Driscoll brings more than 35 years of health care experience in the Dallas area, including work in her private health care legal practice, as well as roles in a variety of clinical, executive, consultant and educational settings.
Currently an associate professor for Texas Woman’s University’s Graduate Program in Health Care Administration, Driscoll also provides legal counsel on operational and regulatory issues in health and employment law and is a partner in Decision Health, a medical consulting firm.
She was previously a vice president and chief operating officer for St. Paul Medical Center and served in other managerial roles at Parkland Health and Hospital System and RHD Memorial Medical Center, formerly Brookhaven Hospital.
“Patricia’s leadership in the Dallas health care community makes her a valued addition to our board,” Gerry Dutschke, Home Health Services president and CEO, said. “The wealth of knowledge she brings about health care in general, and specifically the legal environment our industry operates within, will be instrumental in Home Health Services’ continued growth and outreach to the community.”
Driscoll graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law and earned her master’s degree in nursing and health services administration from Texas Woman’s University, as well as her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Incarnate Word College in San Antonio, Texas.
About Home Health Services
Home Health Services of Texas, Inc. (www.hhsd.org) is a nonprofit home health agency, providing the community with healthcare services in the home since 1974. With offices in Arlington, Dallas, Denton, Fort Worth, Garland, Houston and McKinney, Home Health Services provided in 2006 more than 35,000 visits to the ill and disabled throughout the communities it serves.
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